Definition of link

a highlighted word, phrase, or graphic within a hypertext document (on a computer or on the internet) that, when clicked, will take the user to another location within the document or to another document altogether. web sites contain many links to other pages at the site as well as to other, related sites.

a highlighted word, phrase, or graphic within a hypertext document (on a computer or on the internet) that, when clicked, will take the user to another location within the document or to another document altogether. web sites contain many links to other pages at the site as well as to other, related sites.

1. any kind of communication path between two computers.
2. an entry in one directory or menu that points directly to something in some other directory or menu; a shortcut. Links can be used to make the same file accessible from more than one directory or to put the same program on more than one menu.
3. an item on a web page which, when selected, transfers the user directly to some other web page, perhaps on a different machine. Also called a hyperlink. For example see HTML.
4. in Windows, a DDE or OLE communication path between programs. See DDE; OLE.
5. to combine the machine instructions for a program with the machine instructions for any predefined procedures that it uses. For example, a program that does trigonometric calculation might use predefined procedures to find sines, cosines, and tangents. Some compilers perform linking automatically; others require you to execute a linker as a separate command.
6. a pointer in a linked list or tree. See linked list; tree.

Verb:

1. bind together.
2. paste a copy of an object into a document in such a way that the copy does not lose its connection with the original object.
3. the ability of a worksheet in a computer spreadsheet program to take its data from another worksheet (thereby linking the two worksheets).

1. the bind between two items.
2. any kind of channel over which data are transmitted, particularly in communications.
3. in Internet services such as the World Wide Web, a reference to another document. See also hotlink.
4. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) imbedded in a document and highlighted by a word or image, which, when clicked on, will seamlessly retrieve the document and connect the user to the location represented by the URL. Also called a hyperlink or a hypertext link.

a measure of distance used by surveyors.

Example: There are 100 links in a surveyor's chain; 1 link equals 7.92 inches or 0.66 foot.